I’ve absolutely no familiarity with the Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel that this Javier Bardem flick is based on. (To put it bluntly, it doesn’t have enough lasers or explosions in it for me.) So, coming to this cold, all I can say is ”eh.”
Never have I seen a more ham-fisted use of voiceover in a trailer. It sounds like an ABC Family movie. And, in this day-and-age, the Nobel prize just doesn’t quite mean what it used to, not when winners have appeared on Saturday Night Live.
I’m sure it’s romantic and heartbreaking and tragic…but judging by this spot, I’ll wait for it to hit Lifetime.
I hated this book with a wild passion. Ergo, I am not touching this movie with a million-foot pole. Don’t get me started on Oprah picking it for book club. **shrug**
I actually first read this book in high school and it is still one of my favorites (granted, I read the Spanish-language, original version)…I still would take this book (and movie) over some of the crap that comes out anymore! But, to each his own!
waht a stupid article – nobel peace prize means nothing? so what if he’s appeared on SNL – it is his WORK that is being recognized – it is people like you that are leading this world down a dangerous path by avoiding what Gore is pleading for us not to – WAKE UP!
yes, the voiceover is uber lame. the movie doesn’t look too bad. but i absolutely *love* the novel, so i’m both excited and skeptical
and if you think the legitimacy of gore’s nobel win is tainted by his appearance on snl, fine. but that doesn’t mean all other prize winners have to be knocked down too.
was colbert right? is gore not only winning all the awards out there, but also divesting them of meaning?
Amen to the suckiness of this trailer. While the book is beautiful, it’s also gritty and dark, which doesn’t show a bit in this romanticized, piece of trash trailer.
You have to read the book, and I think you’ll change your opinion of Marquez. The trailer doesn’t do the novel justice, but I don’t know how a movie could. I would still see it to see if it can carry the gravitas of Marquez’s words.
Even Marquez has said that the book isn’t about true romantic love. I read a quote from Marquez that the central woman is supposed to be better (worthier as a human being) than either her husband or her stalker. And whether she truly loves either them is thrown into question several times. They’ve just smoothed all that out for this trailer and possibly the whole movie.
I love the book, but when I started examining the 3 main characters, none of them were particularly lovable.
Is that Javier Bardem playing young Florentino Ariza or is it a different actor?
Also, hooray for Al Gore.
I love the book and I don’t have a problem with the trailer. No matter how it turns out this film will be better than a lot of the stuff that passes as cinema these days.
And, yes, another actor plays the young Florentino. He is Spanish actor Unax Ugalde.
while the trailer and vocieover are appaling, I wil see this movie based on the strength of the book.
It’s too bad the trailer is such a model of suckitude, because the book is supposed to be amazing. The “Original Song by Shakira” tag at the end didn’t help this movie’s case either.
Strange trailer. I hope the trailer is one of those trailers meant to trick you because the movie is about something else. The book is not about romantic love. As for the Shakira song, if you don’t speak Castillian and can’t understand the work that made her famous, you probably should withhold judgment. Plus, Garcia Marquez and Shakira are super buddies.
i have read so many books, in so many languages, and nothings beats “el gabo.” his nobel price is well earned. remember he has written more than just love in the times…about the movie: we’ll just have to wait and see. javier bardem is an awesome actor; i recommend mar adentro (the sea inside). as for shakira, she is a very talented composer, remembering her early stuff in spanish is great (estoy aqui). and there are worse places that a nobel prize can be seen in than snl.
Marc, I think you need to brush up on your Marquez. His stuff is FILLED with lasers and explosions.
I love the book, the author and will definitely go see the movie even though the trailer looks quite lame. On top of that I think Javier Bardem is an amazing actor and Giovanna Mezzogiorno is very good too (in Italian – not sure when she acts in English but we’ll see)
As for the Nobel prize and any comments on it, you should definitely read Gabo before expressing any judgement – he is fantastic!
How exactly do you “see” a voiceover, ham-fisted or not?